Tammisalo Explained

Finnish: Tammisalo
Other Name:Swedish: Tammelund
Settlement Type:Helsinki Subdivision
Subdivision Type:Country
Subdivision Name: Finland
Subdivision Type1:Region
Subdivision Name1:Uusimaa
Subdivision Type2:Sub-region
Subdivision Name2:Greater Helsinki
Subdivision Type3:Municipality
Subdivision Name3:Helsinki
Subdivision Type4:District
Subdivision Name4:Southeastern
Parts Type:Subdivision regions
Parts Style:para
P1:none
Total Type: 
Area Total Km2:0.73
Population Total:2,183
Population As Of:2005
Population Density Km2:2,990
Postal Code Type:Postal codes
Postal Code:00830
Blank Name Sec1:Subdivision number
Blank Info Sec1:44
Blank1 Name Sec1:Neighbouring subdivisions
Blank1 Info Sec1:Herttoniemi
Laajasalo
Marjaniemi
Roihuvuori
Vartiosaari

Tammisalo is a neighbourhood (number 44) and an island in eastern part of Helsinki, Finland. The population of Tammisalo is approximately 2,200 and its area is 0.73km2. The nearest districts are Herttoniemi, Roihuvuori and Laajasalo. In the Viking era the coastal waterway from Sweden to Arab world went between Tammisalo and the continent along Porolahti bay.

A particularly remarkable building in the low-rise suburb of Tammisalo is the 5-storey house called Tammelund, designed by architect Antti Rantanen (1935), which in terms of its proportions and number of windows (over 100), is regarded as a "miniature skyscraper". Tammisalo is also renowned for housing projects designed by famous modernist architect Timo Penttilä.